Amulet #6 - Torture

Prompt: Use the words rose, belt, and stole

She began to wake, and her eyes rose to meet her captor. The strange lizard creature stoodbefore her, wearing the same military-type vest as before. In his hand, he held her amulet – itsdelicate chain was tangled within scaly claws.

The gem, she thought. The thing that started this whole nightmare.

The creature spoke, but his words were foreign. The sound of his voice ground against her earslike gravel. He gestured to the jewelry he held, but she couldn’t discern his meaning.

The cold table beneath her back was bound to her. A great belt strapped across her torso, andeach limb was held by smaller bindings. As the creature spoke, she began to struggle against theslab to no avail.

Another creature approached. This one carried a tray that was decorated with strange objects andtools. With the tray came a strange smell – it reminded her of charred meat. Her heart began topound furiously.

Torture, she realized.

“You stole me away to this place to torture me?” she screamed at them.

The creatures seemed surprised by her words. They stepped back for a moment; their reptilianeyes widened and their brows began to furrow. The one that bore the amulet was ﬁrst to retort –he brought the jewel directly before her face, and he spoke with fervor. His volume implied atone of importance.

“I never meant to come here,” she said. She spoke more calmly now. “It was a mistake.”

A tool was removed from the tray. Her eyes snapped toward it – the serrated edge sent a wave ofpanic through her. The creature brought the blade downward and began to cut a piece fromsomething on the tray before him.

Before she realized it, the newly-cut piece was shoved into her mouth.